THREE MAN RED CROSS TEAM TO MYANMAR
Philippine
National Red Cross Chairman and Senator Richard J. Gordon sent off the
first two members of a three man PNRC disaster assessment team to
Myanmar where they will lend their expertise in disaster management,
particularly in the areas of relief goods distribution and water
sanitation, community health and nursing. Gordon personally sent off
Nenita Briones, PNRC Cotabato Chapter Administrator [right], and Edwin
Tatalagsa, PNRC Davao Chapter Disaster Management Service [left] at the
Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Both have been part of Red Cross
Regional Disaster Response Teams in Pakistan under the International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). A third
member of the PNRC assessment team, Evelyn Lacsina, will join up with
Briones and Tatalagsa in Myanmar. Lacsina, has been to Myanmar in
previous Red Cross missions.
